KEXP Reviews

The official release of the most famous bootleg recording in rock and roll history. Mistakenly identified for years as being recorded at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the show was actually recorded in Manchester, England. At the time, Dylan was embracing surrealism and rock music while downplaying the early political acoustic songs that endeared him to the folk revivalists. Many of them felt betrayed by the new Dylan, and you can hear the Manchester audience sometimes booing and even heckling him. Dylan and his backing band the Hawks (soon to be known as the Band) responded with some of the most vicious rock and roll ever recorded.
11/15/1998
- Don Yates